Bill Tinsley

Bill Tinsley | San Angelo Standard-Times References to the soul seem strangely absent in our churches.

Reflections columnist Bill Tinsley's marriage offers a unique perspective on how modern couples view commitment as a capstone versus a cornerstone.

My brother sometimes reminded people of Cliff Claven, the Cheers character who could enlighten, extend and confuse any conversation with his “little known facts.” The difference between my brother and Cliff was that my brother's little-known facts were more often correct. He once rocked my life-long assumptions by informing me that the Greeks knew the earth was round over two thousand years ago and actually calculated the circumference of the earth two hundred years before Christ. I checked it out. He was right. Eratosthenes, chief librarian at Alexandria, Egypt, calculated the circumference of the earth to be 250,000 stadia, or 24,662 miles. This happened somewhere around 240 B.C. The actual distance is 24,901 miles.

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Reflections columnist Bill Tinsley's marriage offers a unique perspective on how modern couples view commitment as a capstone versus a cornerstone.

Bill Tinsley | San Angelo Standard-Times Fifty-eight years ago, I asked an 18-year-old college sophomore to marry me.

For many years I have made it a practice of having a time of devotion early in the morning. I like to spend this time outside, preferably at sunrise. There

Reflections columnist Bill Tinsley writes that daily devotionals are like watering plants.

Bill Tinsley | San Angelo Standard-Times My brother sometimes reminded people of Cliff Claven, the Cheers character who could enlighten, extend and confuse any conversation with his “little known facts.”

Left to myself, I will sit around and vegetate. I know that other people don't do this, but I do. Several years ago, our Pembroke Corgi helped me discover a truth I had overlooked. When I looked across the room at my dog who followed me from room to room and was happy to be wherever I was, I knew that he needed to walk. So, I got up, put on my shoes, found his leash and off we went. It was good for him and it was good for me. I discovered that what I would not do for myself I would do for my dog.